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by Amorphous Blob on March 3rd, 2008

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Non-Americans: When you hear a measurement like "20 feet 8 inches" or "165 lb" or "45 mph" or "85 degrees Fahrenheit", do you have to pause for very long to mentally translate it to metric measurements, or are you bilingual?

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  • by Brian I on March 3rd, 2008

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    The only one I have difficulty with is when weight is expressed in pounds. I have to divide by 14 to convert it into stones, or 2.2 to convert it into kilograms.

    We used feet and inches, and the Fahrenheit scale when I was at school.

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